New York State Barge Canal System residency maps, [ca. 1903] - 1920.

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New York State Barge Canal System residency maps, [ca. 1903] - 1920.

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This series consists of approximately 240 linen maps showing locations of channels, structures, appropriated lands, and terminals of the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga and Seneca Canals and the location of old canals in relation to the Barge Canal System as improved under Chapter 147, Laws of 1903; Chapter 391, Laws of 1909; and Chapter 716, Laws of 1911 and amendatory laws. Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, provided funds for the improvement of the canal system and Chapter 391, Laws of 1909 authorized improvement for the Cayuga and Seneca Canals. The improved canals would become the Barge Canal System.

5.7 cu. ft. (ca. 240 maps).

New York State Archives

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New York State Canal Corporation

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Although surveys were made when the reservoir system was created by the Department of Public Works to serve the state canal system (early 19th through 20th century), the boundary lines of state property were not clearly defined, especially in the Adirondack region. In the early 1990s the Thruway Authority was mandated to conduct a comprehensive survey to clearly establish the state's property lines. The maps in this series are the result of the research portion of that survey. The survey was com...

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

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Legislation of 1903 directed the State Engineer and Surveyor and the Superintendent of Public Works to improve the Erie, Oswego, and Champlain canals. Where required, new bridges were to be built either to replace old ones or if rendered necessary by the new location of the canals. From the description of Canal bridge reference lists, [ca. 1917] (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 80731051 When the United States entered the First World War in 1917, the New York St...